<div>Reading the bug title, it sounds like the broken &lt;br/&gt; only appl=
ies to table cells spanning more than one column/row, so that may apply to =
fewer situations.<br><br>Does &lt;p/&gt; work? This would give a weak worka=
round to the broken &lt;br/&gt;.<br><br>I think the &lt;center&gt; would be=
more commonly used.<br><br>brew<br></div><font color=3D"#990099">-----lon-=
capa-users-admin@mail.lon-capa.org wrote: -----<br><br></font><blockquote s=
tyle=3D"border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-right: 0px; padding-le=
ft: 5px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;">To: &lt;lon-capa-users@mail.=
lon-capa.org&gt;<br>From: "Robley Light" &lt;rlight@chemmail.chem.fsu.edu&g=
t;<br>Sent by: lon-capa-users-admin@mail.lon-capa.org<br>Date: 02/13/2007 1=
2:26PM<br>Subject: [LON-CAPA-users] FW: [Bug 4967] line breaks do not work =
inside table cells with colspan or rowspan<br><br><font face=3D"monospace" =
size=3D"3"> AT Felicia's suggestion, I'm forwarding this question to the us=
ers list.<br><br>Apparently there is a problem in translating table informa=
tion into LaTex<br>for printing. &nbsp;I know nothing about how that transl=
ation is done, so forgive<br>me if I state the issue incorrectly.<br><br>Ap=
parently there was a bug in using an align tag (like center) in a table<br>=
that got fixed, but in the process putting a &lt;br /&gt; in a table cell n=
o<br>longer worked. &nbsp;(Check out the comments on the bug link below).<b=
r><br>The question is what folks feel is more important--being able to put =
a &lt;br<br>/&gt; in a table cell (not doing so can make a table stretch to=
o wide for<br>printing in a two column format), or having the ability to ce=
nter something<br>in the table cell?<br><br>Or whether there is another way=
altogether as Felicia is suggesting below?<br><br>Robley<br><br><br>******=
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ritus of Chemistry and<br>Biochemistry<br>Department of Chemistry &nbsp; &n=
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mistry &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Email: &nbsp;rlight@=
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p; &nbsp;Home Page:<br><a href=3D"http://www.chem.fsu.edu/editors/rlight">h=
ttp://www.chem.fsu.edu/editors/rlight</a> &nbsp; <br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; =
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br><br>-----Original M=
essage-----<br>From: bugzilla-daemon@zaphod.lite.msu.edu<br>[<a href=3D"mai=
lto:bugzilla-daemon@zaphod.lite.msu.edu">mailto:bugzilla-daemon@zaphod.lite=
.msu.edu</a>] <br>Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 10:05 AM<br>To: rlight@c=
hemmail.chem.fsu.edu<br>Subject: [Bug 4967] line breaks do not work inside =
table cells with colspan<br>or rowspan<br><br><a href=3D"http://zaphod.lite=
.msu.edu/bugzilla/show=5Fbug.cgi?id=3D4967">http://zaphod.lite.msu.edu/bugz=
illa/show=5Fbug.cgi?id=3D4967</a><br><br><br><br><br><br>------- Additional=
Comments From felicia@lon-capa.org &nbsp;2007-02-13 10:05<br>------- What =
about creating an attribute for &lt;table&gt; like TeXwidth for<br>&lt;img&=
gt;? &nbsp;This way, a power user like Robley could choose which mode to us=
e?<br>...just an idea. &nbsp;I'm also wondering if this is a bad idea and i=
f users want<br>the other mode, maybe they can use &lt;web&gt; and &lt;tex&=
gt; to choose the latex (Ron<br>would this work?). &nbsp;The ultimate quest=
ion still comes back to Ron's question<br>- &nbsp;which evil do you want:<b=
r>broken &lt;br&gt; or broken centering.<br><br>Robley - you are the only p=
erson getting Cc'd on this report besides Ron or<br>I. <br>I can get the pe=
rson who is Cc'd on all the td centering bugs to contribute<br>to this disc=
ussion. &nbsp;Feel free to bring up this debate on the lon-capa-users<br>li=
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